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Baseball’s earliest roots founded in a bylaw in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Abner Doubleday is said to have invented the game of baseball in Cooperstown, New York.
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Alexander Joy Cartweight creates the rules of baseball.
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The Knickerbockers and a team of cricket players play in the first official game in New York City.
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Vassar College fields the first ever women’s baseball team.
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The Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first ever professional team.
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The first recorded curve ball is thrown by Candy Cummings.
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The National League is created when the Chicago White Stockings beat Louisville 4-0.
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On June 12th, Lee Richmond pitches the first perfect game.
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The Beer and Whiskey League is created under the name of The American Baseball Association.
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Moses Fleetwood Walker become the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. The Louisville Slugger is born.
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Cy Young pitches in the Majors for the first time.
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The American League is founded.
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The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series.
